It was the first one they built, and that takes time. The additional reactors seem to be coming online within 3-4 years which is pretty fast. I have to believe (or maybe I just want to believe) that shortening the build time that much would make this type of reactor more commercially competitive.
And it appears there will indeed be a push here in the US, at least for SMR's:
Meanwhile in China, they brought their first Westinghouse AP1000 online in 2019 after 9 years of construction. They have since brought 3 more online as of 2022 and have four more approved and under construction.
That's what construction times look like with a standardized reactor design and the backing of the government.
We could do that here, we just need a willing administration
The problem has been that each new plant seems to be getting redesigned which in turn requires evaluation and approval and also that portions are untested.
But we have have well established and tested gen III designs that can be replicated which seriously reduces the approval process and builders have a far better grasp of the project costs which allows them to properly bid and execute their work.
Really, only the will to move forward remains.
There's no physical reason for it to take that long - it's the massive tangle of red tape that slows it down.
A government backed "fast track" I would expect could cut construction time down to 2-4 years which in turn reduces initial costs and makes the generated power much cheaper.
There are standardized plant designs, like the AP1000, that make the build times far shorter and therefore cheaper. Because it's a proven design already in use, unless you have misguided activists standing in the way, you can get them online relatively quickly.
Building Gen III reactors only require the will to do so.
It's very VERY unclear what that offering is. Will they host my domain? Are they just a relay? This needs to be expanded in order to know what they are REALLY offering and how secure the services might be.
Absolutely. Fast tracking modern nuclear plant designs is a win for everyone on both sides of the aisle. Clean reliable 24/7 energy.
Gen III plant designs are exceptionally reliable and safe, and the waste they produce is trivial compared to fossil fuels, and even solar / wind.
I would absolutely feel great about my tax dollars going into this kind of effort to electrify our energy infrastructure.
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If they want to offer a solution that mimics GMail and O365 they're going to need to host the actual email services. People don't use GMail and O365 for the client, they use it because of the basic back end email service.
Simply having a "Pro" tier of the client for OSS means some enterprising folks will replicate the tier functionality with free addons.
You an FBI team that has identified an infrastructure security breech and your action is to call the facility, ask for a private email address, and tell them to click on the link to download a program and "diagnose the problem"?
What exactly is the lesson here? To condition people to accept this as a standard practice?
They should have dispatched an FBI OpSec guy to the facility, provided all the proper identification, and then worked directly with the manager to rectify the intrusion.
The new board is doing legal dances that as far as I can tell still allows them full access to use and sell my data as they see fit.
It was trivial to move to LibreWolf which contains no such legalese. Near as I can tell so far I'm losing nothing Firefox offered except their corporate EULA.
Perhaps it conflicts with what you believe, but for the rest of the world The Americas is a continent spanning both North and South America:
I encourage you to update the Wikipedia entry for it as it appears to contradict your beliefs:
The Americas is a single continent that comprises both North and South America. North America is not a continent on its own, nor is South America.
As for support from the current administration - why would it matter? The name is what it is no matter what angle you view it from.
America is a continent, not a nation. With the Gulf being shared by two countries in the Americas, calling it the Gulf of America seems perfectly fitting.
Nothing succeeds like success. -- Alexandre Dumas
